On-site Immigration Specialist

The Immigration Specialist will be based on-site at one of Cartus’ major financial services clients. Our client’s Americas immigration team is part of the firm’s Global Mobility function. The Immigration Specialist plays an integral role within the firm’s Americas immigration team and serves as a key liaison to various stakeholders throughout the firm to ensure the successful execution of our immigration strategy. Optimal candidate will have a solid foundation in both nonimmigrant and immigrant visa and green card matters, and appreciates the importance of policy and process. Team player attitude and strong analytical and critical thinking skills a must. Comfortable working with large data sets to identify trends/patterns to further enhance immigration function while ensuring compliance with relevant government regulations. Job duties include but not limited to below:

• Independently manage caseload for both nonimmigrant and immigrant/green card and visa matters

• Track work accordingly and exercise good judgement when escalating matters

• Coordinate with outside immigration counsel and HR teams to process mandatory pre-filing requirements to meet critical green card application milestones

• Proactively manage caseload and liaise with external immigration counsel to ensure immigration milestones are being met

• Advise and guide stakeholders (e.g., business partners and managers) on immigration-related business decisions, ensuring adherence to firm policies and guidance from counsel

• Update stakeholders on immigration developments impacting employee population

• Liaise with external immigration counsel on ad hoc issues related to US government inquiries, Canada or LatAm immigration issues for local employees

• Assist with immigration issues as necessary for incoming summer interns, campus, and lateral hires

• Serve as project team member working on one or more phases of several annual immigration-related projects (e.g. annual H-1B visa lottery), when applicable

• Assist with updating policy/process and project plan documentation (e.g., employee green card FAQs, immigration resources, standardized employee and manager communications)

• Assist with ad-hoc reporting/metrics requests

• Conduct data validation on immigration support documentation for Americas (mostly US) immigration flings to the government

• Collaborate with other members of the Global Mobility team on immigration considerations and drivers for relocations

EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

To be successful in performing and developing this role, the candidate will need to demonstrate strength and experience in a majority of the following areas:

• 3-5 years minimum of US immigration experience in both nonimmigrant and immigrant/green card and visa matters

• Excellent analytical skills and strong attention to detail - ability to review data, detect and correct errors, take responsibility for data quality/integrity

• Client service focus, responsiveness and a “can-do” open minded attitude

• Strong organizational skills, proactive approach

• Self-starter, ability to work well independently as well as in a team environment

• Good communication and relationship management skills – ability to explain complex immigration processes to stakeholders in simple terms

• Understands the importance of confidentiality

• Ability to prioritize workload and meet deadlines

• Good judgement – knowing when to escalate an issue combined with a willingness to be flexible

• Familiar with operating as part of a global team

• Enthusiastic, positive, and keen to learn and develop

• Strong Excel skills preferred, including v-lookups and pivot tables

• Experience in the mobility field is preferred although not essential

• Able to work overtime

Cartus (https://cartus.com/en/) is leaning into its essence, Where Mobility Meets Agility®. With nearly 70 years in operation, Cartus is an industry leader in global talent mobility and corporate relocation services. Cartus manages all aspects of an employee’s move across 190+ countries to facilitate a smooth transition in what otherwise may be a stressful process. The company supports hundreds of corporate and government clients—including more than a third of Fortune 100 companies—with domestic and international mobility, recruitment and talent management, outsourcing, policy consulting and DEI mobility solutions, international assignment compensation and gross-up services, remote and hybrid workforce solutions, and language and intercultural solutions. Cartus is a subsidiary of Anywhere Real Estate Inc.

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